276 KM | Mallorca – Penyagolosa, Castellón

Sun setting right behind Penyagolosa peak in Castellón province, Spain, seen from the Tramuntana mountains, Mallorca island.
Cropped image from the original to show better detail
Distance276 Kilometers
ByPedro Miguel Mas Pons
CameraNikon D7200 @ ISO100 – 1/100s
LensNikon 18-200 f/3.5-5.6 @300 mm – f/8.0
DateSeptember 4th, 2020 – 21:30 h
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174 KM | Izola – Eastern Alps

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Distance174 Kilometers
ByMilan Bališin
CameraSony DSC-RX100 @ ISO125 – 1/500
Lens28-100 @ 100 mm (equiv.)
DateAugust 15th 2018

Milan has sent us these pictures of the Italian, Austrian and Slovenian Alps, as seen from the beautiful Slovenian village of Izola, very close to Trieste city.

The photographs shows us a large portion of this important mountainous area rising directly above the Adriatic sea. In order to better appreciate the distant details, all original full-sized photographs have been cropped.

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324 KM | Puig d’en Galileu, Mallorca – Pic de Saloria, Pyrenees

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Distance324 Kilometers
ByMarcos Molina
CameraCanon eos 5D Mark III
LensNikon f/5.6 600mm (manual)
DateFebruary 11th, 2018 – 17:00 h

World Record for the longest line of sight In – Country!

On the way up to the Tramuntana mountains, Mallorca, Balearic islands. Spain’s Mainland can be seen one hundred miles away above the horizon, only under very exceptional atmospheric conditions.

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292 KM | Galileu, Mallorca – Montseny & Puigmal

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ByPedro Miguel Mas
CameraNikon D3000 @ ISO200 – 1/320s
LensNikon 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 @ 300 mm, f/9.0 (= 400 mm)
DateDecember 8th 2014 – 10:15

Puigmal, one of the most emblematic mountains of Catalunya, with its unmistakeable shape and white snowy top, 292 km. from my eyes, seen across the Mediterranean sea and Catalunya plateau.

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215 KM | Mallorca – Montserrat

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Distance215 Kilometers
ByMarcos Molina
CameraCanon eos 5D Mark II @ ISO100 – 1/6s
LensCanon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM @ 400 mm – f/11
+ Canon converter 1.4x (= 560 mm)
DateFebruary 28th 2010 – 18:06

Montserrat, the most spiritual mountain of Catalunya, with its unmistakeable jagged silhouette, 35 km. from Barcelona, seen from the island of Mallorca, across the Mediterranean, 215 km. away. View from Puig Roig top (1002m.), Tramuntana hills, at sunset.

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290 KM | Mallorca – Montserrat / Pyrenees

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Panorama composite of 3 horizontal photographs. Click to enlarge.
ByMarcos Molina
CameraCanon EOS 5D Mark II @ ISO100 – 1/6s
LensCanon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM @ 400 mm – f/11
+ Canon 1.4x (= 560 mm)
DateFebruary 28th 2010 – 18:06
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The well-known Montserrat silhouette and the snowy Pyrenees mountains much farther behind, as seen from Mallorca, crossing the Mediterranean sea and entire Catalonia for 300 km. View spotted from Puig Roig summit (1002 m.) at Tramuntana hills.

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(Ulrich Deuschle panorama)

261 KM | Mallorca – Aitana / Puig Campana

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ByMarcos Molina
CameraCanon eos 7D @ ISO100 – 1/800
LensNikon 600mm f/5.6 manual – f/11 (35mm equiv = 960 mm)
DateJanuary 21st 2012 – 18:02

The three highest elevations in Alicante province seen from Puig de Galatzó top, Mallorca, at sunset. The sun behind a scene hugely helps to increase contrast and visibilty of very distant objects, usually invisible.

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307 KM | Mallorca – Tossal de la Muga, Pyrenees

100% zoom crop of the original picture (below)
Distance307 Kilometers
ByMarcos Molina
CameraCanon eos 5D Mark II @ ISO200 – 1/50
LensCanon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM @ 400 mm – f/11
+ Canon converter 1.4x (= 560 mm)
DateFebruary 28th 2010 – 17:00

My first sight of the snowy Pyrenees from Mallorca, crossing the Mediterranean sea and entire Catalonia for 300 km, as seen from Puig Roig summit (1002 m.) at Tramuntana hills.

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